Soyeon look at her wristwatch. Its been a while since the CEO call her for a meeting. She is already 10 minutes late from the time he command her to come. “oppa, Can you drive faster? I already late for 10 minutes.” Her manager turn. “soyeon~ah, please be patience. The trafic is so slow now.” Soyeon scratch her head. “but oppa, sajangnim will be mad. The member must be there already.”

Her manager laugh. “aniya. Take a look at the back.” He say. soyeon turn back as she surprise looking that eunjung and jiyeon also in the car. They are sleeping peacefully at the back seat with their head lean on each other. “ah, kkamjjag~ya. Since when they are there?” “since before oppa pick you up at  the venue.” “ne, that long? Wae did i didn’t notice them since i enter the car?”

Soyeon turn again to look at them. “ah, they are at the blind spot. No wonder i didn’t see them. By the way oppa, they come from where? Schedule?” her manager nod. “eunjung didn’t even get rest since yesterday. Only able to sleep for 2 hour but in the car. I mean while the car moving from her previous schedule to another one.” Soyeon sigh. “she work like a robot. Aigoo that crazy girl. Jiyeonnie?” “i pick her from home, yet she having an upset stomach. Unable to sleep last night, so before she leave her mother give her some medicine. So thats the result, both of them doom.” Soyeon just nod.

Tok..tok..tok..

“come in.” Soyeon enter the room followed by eunjung and jiyeon. “oh, have a sit girls. I have something to discuss and telling you.” Eunjung lean her head on jiyeon shoulder as soon as she sit down. “what is it sajangnim?”  jiyeon ask. “eunjungie, jiyeonie, both of you look terrible. What happen?” jiyeon smile, bitter.

“i have an upset stomach since yesterday and not be able to sleep. So i’m a bit tired. eunjung unnie didn’t even have a rest since yesterday. She is just now finish her schedule but later she have more in less than 4 hours.” He look at her. “are you sick? Already go to the hospital?” jiyeon nod. “its ok, just a female disease.” He nod understand what she is talking about.

“here take a look. Since the other have schedule, i want you to tell them later.” He handed them a file.

Name : lee areum

Age : 19

They read every single detail in the file. “who is this?” soyeon ask. “t-ara new member.” His word make sleepy eunjung become fresh. “new member? Are the member now not good enough sajangnim? Ah, wae so sudden?” eunjung ask question non-stop. “you sure so shock ha. Your sleepy eyes become big all of the sudden. Aniya, i’m just trying to decrease the age average and thing that related.” Soyeon look at him. She read the paper again. “this idea is just riddiculous sajangnim. Wae did you suddenly want to add new member. Plus the reason is not strong at all.” Soyeon start to speak up.

“sajangnim look, i think we are already good enough and comfortable enough between each other, wae did you want to add new member. It will be awkward even between us later. Ah, i hate that.” Jiyeon say. “i’m the one that will make the decision. I’m calling you here to ask you whether i should debut her earlier or later. Thats all, i don’t have any attention to argue or answer more question about it from you all.” Soyeon, eunjung and jiyeon look at him. They losing their word to talk back.

“just give it a try. There is no other group suit her voice better than t-ara.” “what position?” eunjung ask. “rapper.” A word from him make their jaw drop. “we already have 2 rapper and every member can rap too except q-ri. What is the reason to add another rapper?” jiyeon ask, frustrated. “i want to make eunjung and hyomin sing more than rap, they will rap but they will have more line on sing.” “they do now. Still they can rap. Both of them even the main and lead dancer too. So is that not enough sajangnim?” soyeon try to arguing. 

“soyeon~ah, i  want to make t-ara more stable. I think when i add her in the group it will be better. Ok, just meet her first. Try to be comfortable with her, i’m sure everything will be ok.” Soyeon sigh. Eunjung lower her head already. “arasso. So we leave first.” “she is in the practice room with the other trainee. Go and take a look.” They leave the room with mix feeling. “aisy, this crazy old man. Chinjja.” Eunjung let out her anger to the wall.

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They gather at the practice room waiting for the new member to come. Eunjung and jiyeon is dancing at the center of the room. Boram eating at a corner, the rest with their phone. A girl come into the room.

She is super white, cute, so innocent just by look at her face,and very polite too. “annyeong haseyo.” “oh, she’s here. annyeong haseyo.” Soyeon say. she greet them one by one while bow 90 degree. “lee areum imnida. Please take care of me. I will work hard to adapt everything regarding to everything. I hope everybody can guide me.” She say, smiling.

‘ah, so cute.’ Eunjung thought. ‘aigoo, how can i get angry to this kid? So innocent.’ Soyeon thought. ‘ah, i’m not the maknae anymore. assa, i’m an unnie now. Park jiyeon is an unnie now.’ Jiyeon thought.

Eunjung step forward offering her hand for handshaking. “nice to meet you areum~ssi.” “nice to meet you too eunjung~ssi.” “unnie sweety. Unnie.” Eunjung say pinch areum cheek. Areum smile towards her. jiyeon look at eunjung. ‘ah. I know this will happen. Look later the will just can see areum, areum, areum.’ She thought.

After all of them greet her, its jiyeon turn. “nice to meet you.” Jiyeon say, coldly. “nice to meet you too, un..” areum didn’t finish her word when she see jiyeon face.

‘ah, this unnie so scary. Why did she look at me like that.’ Areum look down. “why didn’t you finish your word?” jiyeon ask. “yah ji, don’t be too serious. You scared her.” q-ri say. “aisy, i’m just asking why did she stop. Thats all, what is that i make her scared. I’m just normally ask.” Jiyeon say. “nice to meet you, unnie.” “ke re. Lets work hard together ok, areum~ah.” The member laugh.

Jiyeon look at them. “ah, wae unnie?” she asked. “for the first time we heard you use banmal towards somebody that is not your chingu. I mean you only use banmal towards your chingu, and you going unnie, unnie, unnie with us or oppa, oppa to the male idol. But it is kind on strange when you say ‘areum~ah’ .” eunjung say while laughing. “wae? I’m the unnie.” She say. the member again laugh hard. Eunjung rolling on the floor crying hearing jiyeon word.

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“yah t-ara gather ath the hall now.”  Soyeon voice echo the whole space. Soyeon sit on the couch with areum by her side. She didn’t dare to look up. “why are you so qiuet? Scared?” areum look at her and smile. She shook her head. “then why are you so quiet? Say something. We are not dinosour that will eat you if you speak.” Then jiyeon appear from her room with eunjung huging her from behind. “ah, except that one.” Soyeon say pointing to jiyeon. Areum laugh.

“what? Why are you pointing to me?” jiyeon ask. “aniya.” “un.. unnie.” “yes?” areum look at jiyeon and eunjung. “are they always like that?” soyeon look at the direction areum point to her. “what are you thinking actually. They are always like that even at public place sometime, but they are not like what you think. They are normal ok. Just they are too close to be separate. You will understand what i’m saying about later.” Soyeon say wink to her.

“ok, so we have a new member that we need to take care from now on. Areumie will be stay here with us.” They nod. “we need to arrange the room order as we need to put areum in one of the room. Oppa will come tomorrow to help us rearrange everything. But first, let us know a bit more about her.”

Areum bow. “annyeong haseyo, lee areum imnida.” “areum~ah, just reax. Why are you so tense. We are not a dinosour that going to eat you if you do something wrong.” Boram say. she slightly glance at jiyeon. “except that one.” She say pointing to her. “yah unnie. Why did everything relate to dinosour you must point to me. Erghh.” Eunjung laugh. “ah look, that is the dinosour. T-ara dinosour, my cute dinosour.” The member laugh. “yah, are you crazy.” “just kidding unnie.”

After some kind of introduction, the member ask. “who did you scared the most areum~ah?” q-ri ask. “ne? Oh, ah....” “just say it. we are cool though.” She slightly turn her head to jiyeon when she heard her voice. “its jiyeon right? right?” boram ask. She nod. “yah, why are you scared. I’m not a scary person.” jiyeon DINO mood on. “yah stop it. you make her scared more.” Eunjung say. “ah, now only areum, areum and areum. Arasso unnie, arasso.” Jiyeon say, pout.

“ah, she sulking again. eunjungie, its your job.” Soyeon say. “yah, why me. You guys also make her sulking, why point me to persuade her.” “because only you know what to do.” The member laugh. “what is that mean this crazy girl. Hyomin~ah, you wait ok.” Eunjung say. hyomin eyes wide. “aniya, aniya unnie. Just kidding. Mianhae unnie, mianhae.” They laugh.

“areum~ah, we are not scary, so don’t be afraid. We are a playful kid and always like this especially that CRIMINAL couple. The most naughty girl in t-ara. And this, park hyomin the most crazy girl in t-ara. The rest of us are normal.” Soyeon say laughing. She high-5 with boram and q-ri after finish her word. “So no problem for you to adapt with it right? we are not a bad girl, all of us are good girl. So we will treat you well like a dongsaeng. Just like what we did to that kid.” Soyeon say pointed to jiyeon.

“great, now you atart to ‘that kid’  and all, not call me ‘dino’, ‘baby’ and all like usual. woah, i’m speechless.” Soyeon shook her head. “eunjungie, persuade your baby ok.” Eunjung nod. “ok, now the room arrangment. How?” “i’m pass. Eunjung unnie is mine.”  Jiyeon say huging eunjung tight. Boram look at soyeon. “she can stay in ours. We have the biggest room in here, so let her stay with us.” Soyeon look at areum. “are you ok with it?” “ne unnie.” She say smiling.

“did you here what jiyein say earlier?” “ne?” “i’m asking. Did you heard what jiyeon say earlier?” she look at soyeon clueless. “ne unnie. Waeyo?” “that is what i mean by my word before.” Areum nod. “what word? Are you talking back about us?” eunjung sit up. soyeon shook her head. “aniya. Just saying something in case.”

“ah, i want to get something at the kitchen. Want anything?” boram ask. “areum?” again, jiyeon voice. “areum again. i didn’t hear anybody asking me anything or call my name today, just areum, areum, areum. Hmm, everybody forget me already since the new maknae is here.” she lean back. “can i hit that kid?” q-ri say. “ ‘that kid’? oh, i forget new maknae here. she is the one will be call ‘baby’ after this.” “yah, you know what? She is 10 times more matured than you. Feel like you are forever maknae no matter how many member he add here. aigoo.” Jiyeon smile. “thats good then.”  The member laugh hearing jiyeon answer.